Catfish John
(专辑: Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3 - 2002)
Mama said: 'Don't go near that river' 'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John' 'Come the
morning, I'd always be there' 'Walking in his footsteps in the
sweet Delta dawn'. Born a
slave in the
town of Vicksburg, traded for a
chestnut mare Lord, he never spoke in anger though his load was hard to bear. Mama said: 'Don't go near that river' 'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John' 'Come the
morning, I'd always be there' 'Walking in his footsteps in the
sweet Delta dawn'. Catfish John was a
river hobo who lived and died by the
river bed Thinking back, I
still remember I
was proud to be his friend. Mama said: 'Don't go near that river' 'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John' 'Come the
morning, I'd always be there' 'Walking in his footsteps in the
sweet Delta dawn'. Let me dream in another morning, to a
time so long ago When the
sweet magnolia blossomed, cotton fields as white as snow. Mama said: 'Don't go near that river' 'Don't be hanging around old Catfish John' 'Come the
morning, I'd always be there' 'Walking in his footsteps in the
sweet Delta dawn'. 'Come the
morning, I'd always be there' 'Walking in his footsteps in the
sweet Delta dawn'.